Where does “-ar” come from?

-ar (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese -ar, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

-ar (Portuguese): forms the impersonal infinitive of...

Definitions

  1. forms the impersonal infinitive of...

Ancestry of “-ar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguese-ar—
2Latin-arepresent active infinitive of -ō; -āre;...
3Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
4Proto-Italic-ōd—
5Proto-Indo-European-éad—

Words derived from “-ar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →Every word from Latin -o →Every word from Old Portuguese -ar →